Gary Dave Galyardt

Gary Dave Galyardt January 1, 1934 - November 1, 2020 Wichita, Kansas Memorial service, 10:00 a.m., Monday, November 9, at Downing & Lahey Mortuary West. The service will be Live Streamed here, at www.dlwichita.com, by clicking "Tribute Wall," then the "Watch Now" button inside of the gold "Live Webcast" box. A lifelong resident of Wichita, Gary graduated from Maize High School then joined the US Navy in 1952. Later, Gary and Bob Hanna founded G&H Construction. Gary was a charter member of Ascension Lutheran Church. He and his wife, Lois, loved working all over the central and western United States as camp workers in RV parks. They shared a successful crafting business, L&G Crafts, and they traveled throughout the US selling original crafts they had made. Gary was an ardent reader and was never without a book. He was devoted to his family and friends and couldn’t have loved them more. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dave and Mary Galyardt; siblings, Henrietta Cupps, Vernon, Ronnie and Donnie. Survivors: wife, Lois; children, David (Marsha) Galyardt, Lori (Bob) Touchatt, Sheryl (Steve) Thompson, Gaylan (Lisa) Gourley, Kevin (Michaela) Gourley, Shawna (Dustin) Land; sister, Joan (Dean) Smith; grandchildren, Gary and Rick Thompson, Michelle and Michael Galyardt, Daniel (Ashley) Touchatt, Joel (Jackie) Touchatt, Kyle (Rachel) Touchatt, Garrett, Morgan, Gaige, Dalton, Ryon, Phoenix, Elliot, Emersyn, Alyssa; great-grandchildren, Alexander, Samantha, Ava, Mia, Zoe, Zeke, Jackson, and Parker. In lieu of flowers, memorials established with American Heart Association, 1861 N. Rock Rd., Suite 380, Wichita, KS 67206 and Passageways, Ltd., 6841 W. Shade Ln., #202, Wichita, KS 67212. Share tributes online at www.dlwichita.com.